Non-refillable bottle.



G. H. MENSGH.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1909 9% 20 Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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vented new and through a on the inner side thereo'.

NE ED S'iAiliild .EENT tilihitlld.

CHARLES H. MENSCH, 0F SHANESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented lice. 2t, 19059.

Application filed August 18, 1999. Serial No. 513355.

To all whom it concern:

Be it kn wn that 1, CHARLES H. Nansen, a citizen of the United States residing at Sliane..-eville in the county Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have inusetul improvements in Nondtefillable Bottles, of whi h the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nonrelillable bottles, and one of the principal. objects of the same is to provide simple and reliable-means I irevent refilling of bottles alter the origil contentslaave been exhausted without detection.

Another object of the invention is to pro l adapted to be inserted j in he bottle neck and held against removal 1 -at' te'r the bottle has been filled, a ball valve vide a spring ballle being seated underneath the battle and pre vented from withdrawal by said bafiie.

'.l.h -.e and other objects may be attained hyii'ieausbf the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

"Figure 1 is a vertical section taken bottle made in accordance with my nvention and showing the valve seat-ed m"the bottle neck, Fig. 2 IS a horizontal c f F 1 sectional view on the hue a 2 0 1g. lookingm the direction indicated by the Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a bdtltle which may be of any suit able size and'shape, vided with a neck 2 havin a valve seat It A discharge opening it extends through the seat and comniunieates 'with the interior of the neck portion 2 of the bottle. A ball valve or marble '5 is adapted to rest on the seat 3 and to close the opening 4. A wire battle preferably made of spring wire and comprising two curved spring arms (3 and inwardly extending members 7 connected centrallv by a coil 8 is held in position in the bottle by means of shoulders 9 extending in\ 'ard within the neck 2. The mouth ofthe bottle is of Americm said bottle being proas shown at; 10, and a c-nrh 11 is titled in the'mouth, as shown in Fig. l.

The manner of filling and using the bottle may be brieii described as follows: Alter l the bottle has been tilled, the ball valve .3 is dropped into the mouth and .nds its way upon the seat 3., The spring battle is then forced into the mouth until the spring arms tJ-pass the shoulders S) and spring outward to hold the battle in place, shown in Fig. 1. The cork it is then applied to the bottle. When the cork 11 is withdrawn to dccant the contents then, bytipping theball valve 5) will roll oil the seat and permit he liquid to pass out through the mouth. When the ta poring.

bottle is righted up. the ball again rolls on to the seat and stops the passage &. The spring baliie prevents the tamperingwith the ball or removing the same for refilling the bottle, 1 andsince the bafiie cannot be removed with- 5 out breaking the neck of the bottlecthe latter cannot be refilled without detection.

The invention is of simple construction, can be manufactured at low cost and can be quickly applied to bottles of different sizes and characters. 7

I claim The herein described non'refillable bottle provided with a neck having an interiorvalve. a ball valve in said neck, the mouth ot said neck having a tapering opening into 1 said neck, a shoulder formed on the inside curved resilient arms upon opposite sides Ethel-col, members extending inward from 1 said arms and a coil conm cted to the inner said ballle adapted to ends of said members,

bottle and be forced into the mouth of the spr ng outward under said shoulder.

in testimony whereof I 'allix my signature l in presen ,-.e ot two witnesses.

5 W itnesses 1 lap. Wonmmne,

l ABRAHAM RnnNiN-enu.

of said neck, and a spring wire ballle having 

